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Labour wants the Rock back as a mutual

The Labour Party has pledged to push for the remutualisation of Northern Rock. In its...

Debt management firm wants DMP openness

Blu Debt Management is calling on debt management companies to be open about the...

AIFX teams up with Bucks university

AIFX, the subscription-based FOREX trading training provider, has unveiled a formal strategic partnership with...

ANALYSIS: what is home reversion used for?

Debt consolidation is the top reason for home reversion, explains Peter Welch, head of...

OPINION: volatility is the name of the game

The heart's still beating, if not thumping, argues Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com The MPC's...

The Coventry joins AMI

Coventry Building Society and its specialist brand Godiva Mortgages have joined the Association of...

AIFA offering diploma for RDR

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has unveiled plans to help advisers meet...

Kensington hit by £1.225m FSA fine

Kensington Mortgage Company has been fined £1.225 million by the FSA for unfair treatment...

Broker fined £103k and banned for mortgage fraud

The FSA has fined mortgage broker Gary Lester £103,000 for knowingly submitting 42 mortgage...

SMEs not seeing trading improvement

71% of SMEs have seen little or no improvement in the trading environment compared...

Online debt help most popular with the under 40s

Online help for debt problems is most popular with young adults according to debt...

COMMENT: Don’t ban non-income verified mortgages

There is still a place for self-certification in the mortgage market, argues Guy Garrard,...

Principality sees boost in mortgage application levels

The Principality building socieity has reported a 187% increase in the number of borrowers...

HL Partnership offers Abbey semi-exclusives

Mortgage network HL Partnership is offering its members two Abbey semi exclusives for purchase...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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